Reviving this old thread to see if anyone knows of symbols for a fountain's spray? There are lots of top-down fountain symbols in both city and dungeon symbol sets, but I haven't seen any that actually include the spray. (Even better would be to find just the spray so I can design by own fountain.)
I started to experiment using shrunk-down waterfalls from Forest Trail, but I'm not sure that will quite work out.
You could try drawing simple shapes (lines, circles, triangles, say) with the Solid White bitmap fills, and experiment with blur and/or edge fade effects on them, rather than looking/hoping for actual symbols. Or just use solid white/grey polygon shapes, with transparency, blur or edge fade effects on those instead - or indeed a mix of all. You may need a few extra sheets, but you could get a more unique look that way.
All the ones I've ever used in non-CC3 maps are GIMP, Affinity V1 and V2 'grunge brushes'. The version of Affinity is significant here, since the app was sold to Canva after V2, and I want it to be very clear that I don't use Canva or any other AI tools that depend on other artists' artwork in my own work for Profantasy.
Unfortunately, while I can show maps created using them (These are really old now and not as good as more recent work), I can't share the brushes. To have something similar for Profantasy, someone would have to spend a few days having a lot of fun splashing, smearing, and flicking real brushes, sponges and scrumpled up bits of paper on actual paper and scanning in the results - just like I did with the cup stains.
Also unfortunately, and I'm really sorry about this because I had an enormous amount of fun with a lot of black watercolour paint all over the place doing the cup stains, I genuinely don't have time to do anything else that isn't CC4 Overland right now. But maybe someone is just waiting to volunteer for fun? All you need is a decent scanner (A4 will do), some really white paper, ink or watercolour paint, some ideas about what you want to make, and a devlish desire to get paint and/or ink absolutely everywhere!
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Regarding fountains in particular...
If you are lucky enough to own Affinity V1 or V2 (or if you rent PS or any other advanced image editor), the app has a selection of oil paint brushes that can be used as vector lines like this
A single stroke from the fountain.
Or maybe it might have been one of the gouaches? It's really hard to remember after a year or so. This is the very same stroke with the end-pinching profile removed.
EDIT: I found the exact brush. It's called "Flat Watercolour 2". I think it's actually one of the Affinity V2 preset brushes, rather than something I bought.
Thank you so much, Sue! And I fully understand that you’re too busy right now. I’m a total newbie when it comes to this sort of thing but this has given me (and others?) a great starting point.
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Reviving this old thread to see if anyone knows of symbols for a fountain's spray? There are lots of top-down fountain symbols in both city and dungeon symbol sets, but I haven't seen any that actually include the spray. (Even better would be to find just the spray so I can design by own fountain.)
I started to experiment using shrunk-down waterfalls from Forest Trail, but I'm not sure that will quite work out.
I think you are correct, there isn't one, but we certainly could use one (or more).
It might be possible to manipulate cloud images from an annual to simulate fountain spray.
You could try drawing simple shapes (lines, circles, triangles, say) with the Solid White bitmap fills, and experiment with blur and/or edge fade effects on them, rather than looking/hoping for actual symbols. Or just use solid white/grey polygon shapes, with transparency, blur or edge fade effects on those instead - or indeed a mix of all. You may need a few extra sheets, but you could get a more unique look that way.
Sue (Mouse) does some nice spray effects for rivers and waterfalls. Maybe she can link to one of her maps and show how she does it.
All the ones I've ever used in non-CC3 maps are GIMP, Affinity V1 and V2 'grunge brushes'. The version of Affinity is significant here, since the app was sold to Canva after V2, and I want it to be very clear that I don't use Canva or any other AI tools that depend on other artists' artwork in my own work for Profantasy.
Unfortunately, while I can show maps created using them (These are really old now and not as good as more recent work), I can't share the brushes. To have something similar for Profantasy, someone would have to spend a few days having a lot of fun splashing, smearing, and flicking real brushes, sponges and scrumpled up bits of paper on actual paper and scanning in the results - just like I did with the cup stains.
Also unfortunately, and I'm really sorry about this because I had an enormous amount of fun with a lot of black watercolour paint all over the place doing the cup stains, I genuinely don't have time to do anything else that isn't CC4 Overland right now. But maybe someone is just waiting to volunteer for fun? All you need is a decent scanner (A4 will do), some really white paper, ink or watercolour paint, some ideas about what you want to make, and a devlish desire to get paint and/or ink absolutely everywhere!
...
Regarding fountains in particular...
If you are lucky enough to own Affinity V1 or V2 (or if you rent PS or any other advanced image editor), the app has a selection of oil paint brushes that can be used as vector lines like this
A single stroke from the fountain.
Or maybe it might have been one of the gouaches? It's really hard to remember after a year or so. This is the very same stroke with the end-pinching profile removed.
EDIT: I found the exact brush. It's called "Flat Watercolour 2". I think it's actually one of the Affinity V2 preset brushes, rather than something I bought.
Thank you so much, Sue! And I fully understand that you’re too busy right now. I’m a total newbie when it comes to this sort of thing but this has given me (and others?) a great starting point.
You're welcome :)